On Sept. 29 the Marysville Moose put on the second community-family pig roast at the Marysville Lions Club.

The goal is to help bring the community together and foster cooperation among residents and civic organizations, said organizer Scott Lightner. He also emphasized the event is meant as a family-friendly activity where neighbors can get better acquainted with one another.

Lightner said the inspiration for the event came in a conversation with Tom Speck, reminiscing about Marysville’s bicentennial gathering in 1965. The two men agreed it would be nice to bring the whole community together on an annual basis instead of just on anniversaries.

Lightner hopes the community day will continue to gather steam and be bigger and better attended every year.

There was no admission fee, but visitors were asked to bring a covered dish and nonperishable food item to benefit Wesley United Methodist Church’s distribution center.

Several hundred canned and other nonperishable food items were collected. The church distributes food for the Perry County Food Bank to approximately 60 families per month in Marysville and Rye and Penn townships.

Lightner thanked the civic groups and local businesses sponsoring the event, noting that without their support the event would not be possible.